Libreoffice 3.5.4.2 Wheezy: spell check stopped working in soffice.

Hi, i'm on *debian wheezy*:

deathstar> uname -a
Linux deathstar 3.14-0.bpo.2-amd64 #1 SMP Debian 3.14.13-2~bpo70+1 (2014-07-31) x86_64 GNU/Linux

The spell check used to work but it's not working anymore.  I tried:
1. deleting the .config/libreoffice* folder
2. Windows->options->  ...  ->Language Settings - no luck
3. strace -f no luck

What do i do?
deathstar> dpkg -l|grep libre
ii  calibre              0.8.51+dfsg1-0. all             e-book converter and library management
ii  calibre-bin          0.8.51+dfsg1-0. amd64           e-book converter and library management
ii  djvulibre-bin        3.5.25.3-1      amd64           Utilities for the DjVu image format
ii  djvulibre-desktop    3.5.25.3-1      all             Desktop support for the DjVu image format
ii  libdjvulibre-text    3.5.25.3-1      all             Linguistic support files for libdjvulibre
ii  libdjvulibre21       3.5.25.3-1      amd64           Runtime support for the DjVu image format
ii  libreadline5:amd64   5.2+dfsg-2~deb7 amd64           GNU readline and history libraries, run-time l
ii  libreadline6:amd64   6.2+dfsg-0.1    amd64           GNU readline and history libraries, run-time l
ii  libregexp-assemble-p 0.35-7          all             Module that assemble multiple Regular Expressi
ii  libregexp-java       1.5-3           all             Regular expression library for Java
ii  libreoffice          1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite
ii  libreoffice-base     1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- database
ii  libreoffice-base-cor 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- shared library
ii  libreoffice-calc     1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- spreadsheet
ii  libreoffice-common   1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 all             office productivity suite -- arch-independent 
ii  libreoffice-core     1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- arch-dependent fi
ii  libreoffice-draw     1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- drawing
ii  libreoffice-emailmer 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 all             office productivity suite -- email mail merge
ii  libreoffice-filter-b 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- legacy filters (e
ii  libreoffice-filter-m 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 all             office productivity suite -- mobile devices fi
ii  libreoffice-impress  1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- presentation
ii  libreoffice-java-com 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 all             office productivity suite -- arch-independent 
ii  libreoffice-math     1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- equation editor
ii  libreoffice-report-b 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           LibreOffice extension for building database re
ii  libreoffice-style-ga 1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 all             office productivity suite -- Galaxy (Default) 
ii  libreoffice-writer   1:3.5.4+dfsg2-0 amd64           office productivity suite -- word processor
ii  libresid-builder0c2a 2.1.1-14        amd64           SID chip emulation class based on resid